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Chinese[edit]
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dark; night; unlucky
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gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
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| trad. (晦氣)
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晦
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氣
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| simp. (晦气)
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晦
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气
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| alternative forms
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悔氣／悔气
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
晦氣
- unlucky; calamitous; wretched
- (Cantonese) moody; resentful
Synonyms[edit]
- 不幸 (bùxìng)
- 倒運／倒运 (dǎoyùn)
- 倒霉 (dǎoméi)
- 悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
- 敗興／败兴 (bàixìng) (regional)
- 背時／背时 (bèishí)
- 背興／背兴 (bèixìng) (regional)
Dialectal synonyms of
倒霉 (“unlucky; out of luck”)
[map]
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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倒霉, 倒運, 晦氣, 背運, 背時
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| Mandarin
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Taiwan
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倒霉, 背運, 晦氣
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| Harbin
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背興
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| Yantai (Muping)
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倒霉
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| Jinan
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倒霉
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| Luoyang
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倒霉
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| Wanrong
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倒灶
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| Xi'an
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倒霉
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| Yinchuan
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倒灶, 背時, 背運
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| Ürümqi
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倒運
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| Wuhan
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背時, 倒運, 點子低, 背九一
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| Chengdu
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背時, 倒灶, 背時倒灶
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| Liuzhou
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背時, 倒灶, 衰
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| Xuzhou
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背時, 倒灶
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| Yangzhou
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晦氣
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| Singapore
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倒霉
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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衰, 行衰運, 黑, 當黑, 運滯, 倒霉
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| Hong Kong
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衰, 行衰運, 當衰, 黑, 當黑, 黑仔, 運滯
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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當衰
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| Macau
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滯運, 黑
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
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運滯, 衰
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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衰
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
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衰
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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運滯
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| Foshan
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運滯, 衰
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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倒霉, 運滯
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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衰
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
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衰, 運滯
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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失運
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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滯運
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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衰
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| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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行衰運
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
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滯運, 衰
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
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衰
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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衰
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| Taishan
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衰, 衰來, 黑, 黑頸, 滯運, 倒霉
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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衰
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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衰
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| Heshan (Yayao)
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唔夠運
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| Dongguan
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當衰, 運滯
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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衰
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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衰
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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倒霉, 倒運, 背時
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| Lichuan
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倒灶
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| Pingxiang
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背時
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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衰
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| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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衰, 倒運
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
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衰
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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衰
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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衰
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| Conghua (Lütian)
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衰
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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衰, 衰漦
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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衰, 衰漦
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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衰, 衰漦
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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衰, 衰漦
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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衰, 衰漦
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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倒霉, 倒運, 倒灶, 背時
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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倒運, 背時
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| Xinzhou
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背興
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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衰
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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衰, 倒運, 倒灶, 騎背
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰神, 衰運, 落衰, 歹字運, 歹運, 拍觸衰
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| Quanzhou
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衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰運, 歹字運, 歹運, 拍觸衰
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| Zhangzhou
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衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰運, 落衰, 䆀字運, 拍觸衰
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| Tainan
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衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰尾, 落衰, 歹運
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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衰, 衰潲
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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衰
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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衰, 衰潲, 衰䆀, 歹命, 歹運, 歹字運
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| Shantou
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衰
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| Jieyang
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衰, 唔利市
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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衰
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| Leizhou
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衰
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| Haikou
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衰
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| Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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滯運
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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衰
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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倒霉, 觸霉頭, 晦氣
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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霉, 觸霉頭, 霉氣, 背時, 背霉
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| Shanghai (Jiading)
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觸霉頭, 倒運
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| Shanghai (Songjiang)
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触霉頭
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| Suzhou
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触霉頭
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| Wuxi
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触霉頭
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| Hangzhou
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倒霉, 倒運, 倒灶
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| Shaoxing
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倒灶
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| Ningbo
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倒運, 晦氣
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| Lishui
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倒灶
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| Jinyun
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倒楣, 倒灶
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| Jinhua
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倒霉, 霉運, 倒灶, 倒運
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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背時
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| Loudi
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背時, 倒霉
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晦氣
- unsightly complexion (due to illness, disappointment, etc.)
Derived terms[edit]
晦氣
- (Ningbonese) to bring someone a misfortune
- (Ningbonese) to squander; to waste; to badly spend
介難看東西也會買買渠，和個來的晦氣鈔票 [Ningbonese, trad.]
介难看东西也会买买渠，和个来的晦气钞票 [Ningbonese, simp.]- From: 1996, Tang Zhenzhu, Wu Xinmin and Wu Xinxian, 寧波方言詞典, page 174
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
